Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday alleged that he was placed under house arrest and prevented from attending a youth event organised at Eidgah in downtown Srinagar.
In a post on X, the Mirwaiz said, ” Again put under house arrest today and prevented from attending an event organised by the youth of downtown Srinagar at Eidgah. Regret that the opportunity to engage with the youth was obstructed!”
There was no immediate official statement from the authorities regarding the Mirwaiz’s claim.
Meanwhile, Mirwaiz criticised an upcoming Bollywood film, citing an media report that claimed it portrays the use of pellet guns in Kashmir as causing “limited damage” while mocking the suffering of pellet victims.
“For thousands of victims living and suffering the consequences of pellets lodged in their eyes and limbs, this is akin to rubbing salt in their wounds. These victims mostly young, need empathy, care and justice not propaganda. The filmmaker’s should reconsider such insensitivity and desist from releasing the film in it’s present form,” Mirwaiz said.
